We live in an ever-changing world where educational institutions are facing many challenges as they move from a ‘mass production model’ of education to models which cater for mass customisation and tailoring the experience for the individual. This means educational institutions are needing to offer their learners flexible ways to gaining a qualification.

Lifelong learning skills are recognised as an important requirement for an individual’s personal and career development, as well as contributing to a nation’s economic, social, environmental and cultural sustainability.

At the same time, there is a the call for ‘quality in education’ where educational institutions are needing to demonstrate to regulatory bodies and other key stakeholders that they have the required processes or “standards” in place to achieve good educational (and employability) outcomes for their learners.

This means educational institutions are looking for creative ways of doing new things, hopefully based on a strength based model which takes the best of what they already do and improves upon it.

Eportfolios are said to be one of these new ways of supporting quality education as they provide a means to support successful learning and learning pathways by enabling learners to manage their lifelong learning records.

The use of e-portfolios in Australian tertiary is an ’emerging landscape’ with pockets of excellent practice happening. The main emerging uses are:

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ePortfolios Australia is a professional network which aims to support the use of e-portfolios in Australia and beyond through professional development activities, provision of resources and consultancy services.